Medication Management and the CMS Hospital Measure

Overview

Experts discuss how emergency departments can prepare to meet domain 2 of the new CMS Hospital Measure by introducing policies and procedures for responsible medication management. The webinar will focus on how Geri EDs can implement improved processes of medication management and meet the CMS measure requirement.  This webinar will be of particular interest to pharmacists and other members of the interdisciplinary team in the ED.

Webinar Goals:

1. To explore best practices in medication management in the ED that enhance care of older patients.
2. To hear practical examples from pharmacists working in Geriatric EDs about useful tools to implement, including in rural and remote EDs
3. To introduce the GEDC Toolkit on Geri ED Medication Management.

Panelists:

Claire Bainbridge, PharmD, BCCCP, BCGP
Clinical Pharmacist
UCSF Health

Mitchel Erickson DNP, MS, BSN, BSc, ACNP-C
UCSF Geriatric Age-Friendly ED Consultant
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Division of Geriatrics
Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Physiological Nursing

Chris Fan-Lun BScPhm, ACPR, BCGP
Clinical Coordinator – Geriatrics, Palliative Care and General Internal Medicine;
Department of Pharmacy, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Practice-Based Researcher, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Adjunct Lecturer, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto

Liz Goldberg, MD, ScM
Associate Professor 
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Rachel Skains, MD, MSPH
UAB Emergency Medicine Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, UAB Medicine